1. (noun) a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies

• maryland
• md
• old line state

2. (noun) a province in central South Africa that was colonized by the Boers; named Free State in 1997

• orange free state

1. (noun) any state prohibiting slavery prior to the American Civil War

• american state

1. (noun) any state prohibiting slavery prior to the American Civil War

• slave state